Drafter
Clerk 06/15/2006
Title
AN ORDINANCE related to employee retirement; providing for a voluntary employee beneficiary association for medical expense reimbursement for eligible employees; and amending Ordinance 12014, Section 21, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.220.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNTY OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 12014, Section 21, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.220 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Except for employees covered by K.C.C. 3.12.220.G, employees eligible for leave benefits shall accrue sick leave benefits at the rate of 0.04616 hours for each hour in pay status exclusive of overtime up to a maximum of eight hours per month; except that sick leave shall not begin to accrue until the first of the month following the month in which the employee commenced employment. The employee is not entitled to sick leave if not previously earned.
B. During the first six months of service, employees eligible to accrue vacation leave may, at the appointing authority's discretion, use any accrued days of vacation leave as an extension of sick leave. If an employee does not work a full six months, any vacation leave used for sick leave must be reimbursed to the county upon termination.
C. For employees covered by the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, sick leave may be used in one-half hour increments, at the discretion of the appointing authority.
D. There shall be no limit to the hours of sick leave benefits accrued by an eligible employee.
E. Separation from or termination of county employment except by reason of retirement or layoff due to lack of work, funds, efficiency reasons or separation for non-disciplinary medical reasons, shall cancel all sick leave accrued to the employee as of the date of separation or termination. Should the employee resign in good standing, be separated for non-disciplinary medical reason or be laid off, and return to county employment within two years, accr...

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